Saturday, April 25, 2009

Tutorial Reviews for Week 4

1)“Useful Applications for the Clone Stamp Tool” Tutorial
http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-tips/useful-applications-for-the-clone-stamp-tool/I choose this tutorial because I wanted to familiarize myself with the clone stamp tool because it is not a tool I use very often. I had so much fun playing around with the clone stamp tool. 

The tutorial has two parts, the first part teaches you how to “clone a baby car” and the second part teaches you how to “straighten the leaning tower of pisa”. Steps are provided in each part to illustrate process.





This is a picture I was playing around with on Photoshop with the clone stamp tool....
.....This is my creation using the stamp tool....

2)“You suck at Photoshop Part #3: Clone Stamp and Manual Cloning” Tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWn0lxRNqos&feature=SeriesPlayList&p=D19BCF9D57320E03&index=2
I found this tutorial on Youtube because I wanted to try using a new source for information. I do not know if this tutorial is appropriate for class content, but it is funny and educational. I think that watching someone use the tools rather than viewing screen cap after screen cap with directions of the steps is smoother to follow. I liked this clone tutorial more than the tutorial above because I was able to listen and watch the steps take place.

3)“Getting to Grips with the Vanishing Point Filter” Tutorial
http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/photo-effects-tutorials/getting-to-grips-with-the-vanishing-point-filter/This tutorial is a combination of two tutorials that teach you how to edit photos by using the vanishing point filter. The two in one tutorial is divided into two parts: adding floors to a building and adding a picture to a wall. I think this tutorial is cool because you can turn a house into a skyscraper by adding floors using Photoshop tools. I think that the second part to this tutorial could have been helpful to me last term in Art 119 because I had an assignment where I had to design a 2D room.

4)“Photoshop’s Pen Tool: The Comprehensive Guide” Tutorial
http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-tips/photoshops-pen-tool-the-comprehensive-guide/Since we are going to start working in Photoshop next week, I figured I would get freshened up on some Photoshop tools. The pen tool is a commonly used tool so I chose this tutorial so I could touch up on my pen skills. This tutorial supplies a free download of a “Pen Tool Exercise” that you can use for practice. Also, this tutorial is very informative, it describes and illustrates the pen tools functions, short-cuts, cursors, and much more.

5)“Creating Logos on Glass Surfaces” Photoshop CS3 Tutorialhttp://www.muymono.com/?p=37I chose this tutorial because it fit in with our latest Art 120 assignment, recreating logos. This tutorial illustrates the directions in seventeen easy to follow steps. A combination of adjusting different layers and using some effects is all you need to do to create a logo on glass. I think that this tutorial is really cool.

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